London Repression Newswire Archive

05-05-2007 17:06

SOCPA - stephen jago trial - full report

stephen jago appeared at horseferry road magistrates court on monday and friday this week, and judge purdy found him guilty of demonstrating without authorisation but acquitted him of assaulting a police officer. he intends to appeal against the conviction for which he received £100 fine and £100 costs. Read more >>

03-05-2007 22:27

Prison-death demonstration: HMP Send, Surrey - 9 May 2007

A prison-death demonstration will be held outside HMP Send, Surrey
on Wednesday 9 May 2007, at 1.30 pm, for the duration of the afternoon
to protest against the death of a young mother (Emma Kelly, aged 31)
who died in the care of the jail on 19 April 2007
Reporters and photographers are welcome to attend
Read more >>

03-05-2007 00:15

Reminder: rally! Free Mumia now! (This Saturday)

All out on 5 May! Make this rally a show of strength for Mumia Abu-Jamal, revolutionary black journalist and death row political prisoner, framed up for a killing everyone knows he did not commit. Contact the PDC on 020 7281 5504 or e-mail

partisandefence@yahoo.co.uk

Mumia Abu-Jamal is an innocent man!
Free Mumia Now!
Mumia's life is in danger - mobilise now!

Rally, sponsored by the Partisan Defence Committee

Saturday 5 May, 1 pm
University of London Union, Room 3C&D,
Malet Street, London WC1

Abolish the racist death penalty! Read more >>

02-05-2007 20:44 | 1 addition

2007 London Mayday, Space Hijackers dancing in the streets

5pm at Canary Wharf the Space Hijackers began their Dancing in the Streets to have a bit of fun in the financial district and have a poke at the "9 to 5" working life. Read more >>

02-05-2007 18:00

McDemos launched. We'll do your SOCPA demos for you

Trace Moberly, Tony Pletts and Mark Thomas launch McDemos, your one-stop demo shop.

Read more >>

02-05-2007 10:42

May Day Party Arrests Total Lack Of Solidarity

1 person arrested, and 2 people where fined £80 for calling the police 'Bastards'. the lack of solidarity with those arrested, or detained by the police was sickening, with only one attempt at a 'de-arrest' and only by two people. most of the organizers took the side of the police, trying to force the crowed to give up our mates to the cops.
Those who act with the police, are the police! Read more >>

02-05-2007 10:15

Mayday in London 2007.

The video shows Mayday in London. Read more >>

01-05-2007 11:09

Lip Reading Surveillance Cameras To Stop Terror

Cameras may be used to read your lips for anti-terrorist reasons. Read more >>

30-04-2007 23:29 | 1 addition

Anabelle and son due to be deported this Wednesday - URGENT ACTION NEEDED!!!!

Anabelle James and her 1 year old son who were snatched from their home in Bury in a dawn raid on Sunday29 April 2007, are due to be deported back to Nigeria on Wednesday 2nd May 2007.

They are set to be sent on Virgin Airway flight VS 651 at 22:30 (10:30pm) to Lagos, from Heathrow (Terminal 3). Read more >>

30-04-2007 14:00

Homophobia in Poland: protest outside the Polish embassy

Human Rights campaigners will hold a demonstration outside the Polish Embassy in London on May 17th-the International Day Against Homophobia- to express their growing concern about the plight of the LGBT community in Poland. Read more >>

28-04-2007 09:04

Critical Mass London 13th Anniversary ride.

The very well attended Mass got off to a good start, despite a spelling mistake on the kindly donated t-shirts. There was the usual large police presence with its usual intimidating videoing of riders. Pity they can't take their own medicine and try to conceal their faces. Read more >>

27-04-2007 13:11 | 6 additions

Big Issue Magazine Seller Calls Police to Arrest Young Muslim Girl

A young Muslim girl was arrested by police outside Sainsburys in Ladbroke Grove at noon on 27 April after being accused of illegally selling the Big Issue magazine on private property and "stealing money" from another Big Issue seller. Read more >>

26-04-2007 12:12

Official Secrets Act makes mockery of Justice...

History is being re-written - Downing Street Memo - what's that?
"Senior British civil servant David Keogh [...] is on trial at London's Old Bailey, charged with violating the Official Secrets Act for leaking a classified report on an April 2004 meeting between George W. Bush and Tony Blair.The four page report referred to Bush as a "madman."
Read more >>

26-04-2007 01:07

Capitol protestors campaign to impeach Bush

"The only solution to end this war is to impeach them, impeach the liars, impeach the murderers, and get our troops home," she said. Read more >>

25-04-2007 10:12

The Pirate University in London

Why, when, where.....come along!
15 Rampart Street, E1 2LA Read more >>

23-04-2007 23:47

Urgent upcoming rally: Free Mumia now!

Mumia Abu-Jamal is an innocent man!
Free Mumia Now!
Mumia's life is in danger - mobilise now!

Rally, sponsored by the Partisan Defence Committee

Saturday 5 May, 1 pm
University of London Union, Room 3C&D,
Malet Street, London WC1

Abolish the racist death penalty!

Contact the PDC on 020 7281 5504 or at

partisandefence@yahoo.co.uk for more information and to help build the rally. Distribute the attached leaflet to your friends, fellow workers and organisations. Read more >>

22-04-2007 11:49 | 1 addition

Urgent Appeal - Help halt the deportation of Jack Ikegwu

Following the protest against the new proposed Immigration Removal Centre (IRC), No Borders London put out this urgent appeal to halt the deportation of 18-year-old Nigerian-born Jack Monday Ikegwu. Read more >>

22-04-2007 00:19 | 3 additions

Vanunu Freedom Ride - Mission Accomplished!

The intrepid Vanunu Freedom Riders complete the last leg of their gruelling 600-mile bicycle journey from Faslane in Scotland to Downing Street and the Israeli Embassy in London.
Read more >>

21-04-2007 23:27 | 1 addition

21/04/07: Video rush & report on Crawley anti-detention protest

Today saw activists march in Crawley, near Gatwick airport, London, UK, to oppose the proposed new immigration detention centre. Read more >>

20-04-2007 21:01

Report from Land and Marine demo and demo announcement

Despite massive over-policing and the eviction of Bath Climate Camp, actions are continuing as scheduled, so if you were thinking of coming down for saturdays demo, starting at 12 at Bath Abbey, please do so to show that thier repression will not make us go away! - here is a report of the Land and Marine demo - Read more >>